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Mon, 25 Sep 1995
Tempe industry needs modernizing: Tunky
Tempe industry needs modernizing: Tunky JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Industry Tunky Ariwibowo says Indonesia needs to modernize its tempe industry to keep pace with the growing popularity of the soybean-based food both here and abroad.
Mon, 25 Sep 1995
Ternate travelers are left stranded
Ternate travelers are left stranded TERNATE, Maluku: Each day several dozen passengers holding valid tickets to fly between here and Manado, North Sulawesi, on Merpati Nusantara Airlines are left stranded at Babullah airport.
Mon, 25 Sep 1995
Performance on AIDS awareness
Performance on AIDS awareness JAKARTA (JP): The Kusuma Buana Foundation will hold an art performance on AIDS awareness at TIM's Graha Bhakti Budaya building in Central Jakarta on Oct. 21.The performance, to be conducted by AIDS information dissemination volunteers, aims to remind the public about...
Mon, 25 Sep 1995
Calm returns to East Timor after riots
Calm returns to East Timor after riots DILI, East Timor (JP): The military says tension has dissipated and daily activities returned to normal after the rioting which caused dozens of people to flee their homes earlier this month.Local military commander Col. M.
Mon, 25 Sep 1995
Sumitro's advantage
Sumitro's advantage After having been enlightened by senior economist and former economics minister Widjojo Nitisastro's speech about conscience, morality and common sense at the 45th anniversary of the University of Indonesia's Djakarta School of Economics last Monday, we were excited upon...
Mon, 25 Sep 1995
Rudy's 1996 trends
Rudy's 1996 trends JAKARTA (JP): Rudy Hadisuwarno, one of Indonesia's noted hair dressers, is planning to hold a one-day seminar on 1996 hair trends at Jakarta Convention Center on Oct. 5.During the seminar, which is open to public, Rudy will demonstrate the use of the razor, which is popular again...
Mon, 25 Sep 1995
Progress of Chinese assimilation
Progress of Chinese assimilationBy Junus Jahja JAKARTA (JP): At a very early stage Indonesia issued a "political manifesto" for Chinese people residing in Indonesia. This was announced in an official statement on Nov. 1, 1945.
Mon, 25 Sep 1995
Malaysian deported
Malaysian deported BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: The Banjarmasin immigration office deported a 43-year-old Malaysian national on Friday after he was found to be abusing his provisional work permit.Identified only as AKW, the holder of a Malaysian passport No. A.
Mon, 25 Sep 1995
Land agency modifies plot survey policy
Land agency modifies plot survey policy JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta office of the National Land Agency wants Jakartans applying for land certificates to include potential neighbors in the process in order to prevent arduous and time-consuming processing delays.
Mon, 25 Sep 1995
Experts reject call to revive ethics lessons
Experts reject call to revive ethics lessons JAKARTA (JP): Officials and experts have rejected a call from a number of school teachers that lessons in ethics be reintroduced as a separate subject in Indonesian schools.
Mon, 25 Sep 1995
Army yet to receive copy of report on Timika killings
Army yet to receive copy of report on Timika killings JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces not been able to comment on the recent findings of the National Commission on Human Rights regarding the killings in Timika, Irian Jaya, saying it had not received a copy of the report.
Mon, 25 Sep 1995
Ciputra to quit post at Pembangunan Jaya
Ciputra to quit post at Pembangunan Jaya JAKARTA (JP): Ciputra, the president and a founder of PT Pembangunan Jaya -- a company operating seven core businesses whose major shares are owned by the Jakarta administration -- will resign from the top executive post in September 1996.
Mon, 25 Sep 1995
Legislators take Rp 1 billion trip
Legislators take Rp 1 billion trip SEMARANG, Central Java: All 100 members of Central Java's provincial legislature will be making various trips abroad later this month, at a cost of at least one billion rupiah ($434,000).
Sun, 24 Sep 1995
Gambuh project preserves Balinese dance
Gambuh project preserves Balinese danceBy Jean Couteau DENPASAR (JP): Balinese dance conformed to the whims of its changing patrons in the 1900s. Dutch colonials and cosmopolitan travelers in the 1920s and 1930s, as well as Javanese officials and jet-setters in post-independence years, have all...
Sun, 24 Sep 1995
Ubud offers respite from Jakarta's travails
Ubud offers respite from Jakarta's travailsBy Mohammad Sadli UBUD, Bali (JP): It is refreshing to get away from the haunting debate in Jakarta where day in and day out the media underline the gloom of a frighteningly widening gap between the rich and the poor.
Sun, 24 Sep 1995
Kartika Affandi inspires many women
Kartika Affandi inspires many womenBy Astri Wright JAKARTA (JP): Kartika Affandi, 61, has been recognized as one of Indonesia's most important female artists for nearly a decade. However, as the daughter of the celebrated painter Affandi and his first wife, Maryati, also an artist, Kartika has been...
Sun, 24 Sep 1995
Traveling in Delhi buses, trains like knocking on death's door
Traveling in Delhi buses, trains like knocking on death's doorBy V. Anjaiah JAKARTA (JP): We have seen the millions of Jakartans undertake their mudik (mass exodus) to their hometowns in Java during the Idul Fitri holiday each year.
Sun, 24 Sep 1995
Guess What?
Guess What? If wet-look hair buns are in again next year, Indonesia's top hair dresser Rudy Hadisuwarno deserves the praise."During last month's hairdressers' meeting in Paris, I proposed wet-look hair buns for next year's hair fashion," said Rudy.
Sun, 24 Sep 1995
Age old traditions thrive on secluded Roti Island
Age old traditions thrive on secluded Roti IslandBy Dipika Ray ROTI ISLAND, Nusa Tenggara (JP): The tiny southernmost Indonesian island of Roti is home to the hermaphrodite gewang palm, which flowers once during its one-hundred-year lifespan.
Sun, 24 Sep 1995
RI jewelry designs have many sources
RI jewelry designs have many sources JAKARTA (JP): Remarkable gold jewelry, household and ceremonial utensils, and weapons have been crafted in Indonesia since the 4th century.Many crowns, necklaces, medallions and earrings were discovered at a site of the former Majapahit Kingdom, which ruled Java...
Sun, 24 Sep 1995
Sri Lankan athletic coach's hard labor pays off
Sri Lankan athletic coach's hard labor pays off JAKARTA (JP): Fifteen minutes of glory brushed aside years of hardship in Dervin Pereira's coaching job when two Sri Lankan female runners dashed to two gold medals on the penultimate day of the 11th Asian Track and Field Championships here yesterday.
Sun, 24 Sep 1995
Salary increase
Salary increaseFrom JayakartaBoth the beginning and end of the year is almost always marked by psychologists raising the issue of civil servants' salaries. Recently they also suggested that the government raise the salary of middle-ranking police officers by between 300 and 1,000 percent.
Sun, 24 Sep 1995
Guess What?
Guess What? "I urge those in power not to be hostile to those who have differences of opinion," stated Indonesia's most senior economist Sumitro Djojohadikusumo at a gathering of thousands of alumni of the University of Indonesia's School of Economics.
Sun, 24 Sep 1995
S'pore sailors to Sweden
S'pore sailors to Sweden SINGAPORE (Reuter): Singapore's navy is sending 40 officers to Sweden next April as part of a submarine training program, a deputy prime minister told state television yesterday.Tony Tan, who is also defense minister of the island republic of three million.
Sun, 24 Sep 1995
Daily commute can affect mental health
Daily commute can affect mental health JAKARTA (JP): Eddi wakes up at 4:30 every morning to catch the 5:30 a.m. train to Jakarta from his house in Serpong, 30 kilometers west of here.He usually arrives at the Tanah Abang railway station in Central Jakarta at 7:00 a.
Sun, 24 Sep 1995
Yayuk to play in Surabaya
Yayuk to play in Surabaya JAKARTA (JP): Despite her tight schedule, Indonesia's tennis queen Yayuk Basuki is strongly expected to join the Rp 236.5 million (US$104,001) Wismilak Open women's international tennis tournament, the organizer said yesterday.
Sun, 24 Sep 1995
Every Jakartan has a travel tale
Every Jakartan has a travel taleBy Johannes Simbolon and Imran Rusli Getting around in Greater Jakarta is a struggle. Every day commuters labor to catch buses or trains. Those who drive to work are not indisposed to problems as they, too, have to deal with the serious congestion.
Sun, 24 Sep 1995
Congestion causes stress, sickness
Congestion causes stress, sicknessBy Rita A. Widiadana JAKARTA (JP): Life is hard enough in Jakarta, even without traffic jams destroying the health of drivers and people who take public transportation. Some people choose to look at the jams in a positive way, others recognize their gravity.
Sun, 24 Sep 1995
Commuters clinch love affairs, rare dates
Commuters clinch love affairs, rare datesBy Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): They leave at the same hour every morning, take the same bus or train, meet the same people, and stand by or sit beside the same person throughout the trip.Anything could happen. Including falling in love.
Sun, 24 Sep 1995
Indonesians to receive training as good fans
Indonesians to receive training as good fans JAKARTA (JP): The National Sports Council (KONI) has appointed a tourism bureau to organize Indonesians going to the upcoming Southeast Asian Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Sun, 24 Sep 1995
Wardiman opens Art Summit Indonesia
Wardiman opens Art Summit Indonesia JAKARTA (JP): Art Summit Indonesia 1995 opened at Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) in Central Jakarta yesterday in what is billed as one of the largest performing art festivals ever held in the country.
Sun, 24 Sep 1995
Guess What?
Guess What? Director Garin Nugroho has proven that if you work for a dream it can come true."Five years ago, when I saw Alan Parker's film The Commitment at Orchard Hall, Tokyo, I dreamed that one day my film would also be screened at that prestigious place," Garin said.
Sun, 24 Sep 1995
Efficiency? Who needs it?
Efficiency? Who needs it? JAKARTA (JP): One day the general manager of the state agency where my husband works asked him to find a way to improve efficiency in the workplace.No big deal, my husband thought.He was wrong.
Sun, 24 Sep 1995
TV today
TV todayTVRI 7:00 a.m. Morning News 7:30 Healthy and Fit with Berty Tilarso 7:40 Film 8:05 Around Us 8:35 Children's Stories 9:00 People and Events 9:30 Comedy: Ria Jenaka 9:45 Music 10:45 Youth Program 11:15 Indonesian Cooking 11:45 Sports: Dari Gelanggang Ke Gelanggang 1:15 p.m.
Sun, 24 Sep 1995
Jakarta's Gold Council promotes local jewelry designs
Jakarta's Gold Council promotes local jewelry designsBy Rita A. Widiadana JAKARTA (JP): For decades local jewelry designs have been strongly influenced by western tastes because many Asian artists prefer to imitate western designs rather than explore ideas from their own ancestry.
Sun, 24 Sep 1995
Mighty China looks certain to extend reign
Mighty China looks certain to extend reign JAKARTA (JP): China's mean gold mining machine sped into top gear yesterday to assure itself of the overall title at the 11th Asian Track and Field Championships here.
Sat, 23 Sep 1995
Govt selective in cooperation on archeology
Govt selective in cooperation on archeology JAKARTA (JP): The government has been very selective in accepting offers of cooperation in archeology and rejected various proposals from abroad, a senior official of the Ministry of Education and Culture said yesterday.
Sat, 23 Sep 1995
Armed Forces exhibition
Armed Forces exhibitionFrom NeracaI read in the newspapers that the Armed Forces will hold an exhibition at the Jakarta Fair ground as of Sept. 22, 1995. In this relation I would like to propose that free transportation be made available so that average people may have the opportunity to visit the...
Sat, 23 Sep 1995
Church Services
Church Services * Catholic Church, University of Atmajaya, Jl. Jend. Sudirman: Saturday 5:30 p.m., Sunday, 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m. (with songs) and 5:30 p.m. * First Church of Christ, Scientist, Jl. Teuku Cik Ditiro 48, Menteng, Central Jakarta: Services on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. (in Indonesian) and 8 a.m.
Sat, 23 Sep 1995
'Believe It or Not Museum' to make its debut in Jakarta
'Believe It or Not Museum' to make its debut in JakartaBy Ahmed Kurnia Soeriawidjaja JAKARTA (JP): Believe it or not, these are dinosaur eggs.Yes, the eggs are for real. Want to know what they look like? Take a peek at the Fun Auditorium of Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum at Pondok Indah Mall,...
Sat, 23 Sep 1995
Success story of a partnership program (2)
Success story of a partnership program (2) The Bali Declaration issued late last month by the chiefs of 100 of the biggest business groups in Indonesia addressed the need to enhance business partnerships between small, medium and large firms.
Sat, 23 Sep 1995
Competition essential to improve public service
Competition essential to improve public service JAKARTA (JP): Creating competition among public utilities companies and governmental institutions is required to improve the quality of public services, State Minister of Administrative Reforms T.B. Silalahi said here yesterday.
Sat, 23 Sep 1995
Youngsters shine after hard time in Asian meet
Youngsters shine after hard time in Asian meet JAKARTA (JP): Gold was so alluring to Chinese Taipei's Hsu Peichin that she collapsed and vomited just after winning the 400m low hurdles race on the third day of the 11th Asian Track and Field Championship at the Senayan Madya stadium yesterday.
Sat, 23 Sep 1995
Rights commission calls for restraint
Rights commission calls for restraint DILI, East Timor (JP): The Secretary General of the National Commission on Human Rights, Baharuddin Lopa, is calling for all sides to maintain restraint to calm ethnic tension in the province.
Sat, 23 Sep 1995
Alcohol blamed for crimes
Alcohol blamed for crimes MANADO, North Sulawesi: Governor E.E. Mangindaan linked the domestically-made alcohol Cap Tikus, or Rat Brand, to the rising incidence of crime in the area.The provincial government now plans to limit the distribution of the alcoholic drink.
Sat, 23 Sep 1995
'Civil servants must vote for Golkar'
'Civil servants must vote for Golkar' JAKARTA (JP): All government employees must vote for the ruling political organization Golkar in general elections, the secretary general of the Corps of Civil Servants (Korpri) said yesterday.
Sat, 23 Sep 1995
Vienna Boys back in town
Vienna Boys back in town JAKARTA (JP): The Vienna Boys Choir from Austria are back in town, invited for a charity night by the Foundation for the Rehabilitation of Disabled Children.Jakartans can enjoy their golden voices on Sept. 26 to 29 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel.
Sat, 23 Sep 1995
Average height of people
Average height of peopleFrom KompasI read with interest the prediction by directorate general of health development of the Health Department that by the end of the second long-term development plan, the average height of people will be 1.75 meters.
Sat, 23 Sep 1995
Illegal immigrants detained in swoop
Illegal immigrants detained in swoop KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia, trying hard to stem a flow of illegal workers from neighboring countries, has detained some 1,000 Filipino and Indonesian immigrants in a major swoop in eastern Sabah state, reports said yesterday.
Sat, 23 Sep 1995
Not untouchable
Not untouchable Many people criticize today's political system as being less open than what the authorities promised several years ago. They now want the freedom of expression guaranteed in the Constitution to voice ideas on how to improve present conditions.